Nick Kent
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Nick Kent (born December 24 1951) is a British rock critic and musician.
Along with such writers as Paul Morley, Charles Shaar Murray and Danny Baker, Nick Kent was seen as one of the most important and influential music journalists of the 1970s. He wrote for the British music publication New Musical Express and is the author of "The Dark Stuff", a collection of his journalism. He is a musician who played with the Sex Pistols before they became famous.
Kent's work tried to explain from a cynical point of view the lives of rock and roll musicians who risked their sanity and health. His prose was laced with images of self-destruction and ultimate compassion, exploring the reality of being an artist in the late twentieth century.
